Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

I stayed in Marth's Vineyard for 5 days last week as part of my 9 days vacation to New England with my wife.

Marth's Vineyard is an island off the coast of south Massachusetts and is famous of bluefish and striped bass fishing.

The first day morning We explored the island by car and stopped at each good fishing spot mentioned by books and webs to take a look .

The island's parking regulation is very strict.
Some parking lots of good fishing spots require resident or town parking permits. It is tough for visitors to find parking.

In the afternoon We visited Wasque Point which is supposed to be the most productive fishing spot in the island.

It is in the southeast corner of the island with very strong tidal rip which attracts fish.











Schools of bluefish happened to be coming to the shore when I was there. ( It happens at least once a day.) Everybody caught fish except me.

I could guess many reasons that I failed to catch any fish; but I could not pin point the exact one.

I was the only fly fisherman there for the next 3 days.






I couldn't even catch one fish the whole time there with the fly tackle.

Finally I used my wife's lure tackle on the fourth day's evening and caught a 30-inch blue.

We made good use of our motel kitchenette. Guess what I found in the fish stomach: squid + ink.












Dinner: Bulefish 3 ways

Sashimi, saute and soup.

Even though we had a very delicious and fresh bluefish dinner, I am disappointed at not being able to catch any fish with the fly tackle.